Leah Busque

One of the cool things we're seeing at TaskRabbit is local tech and gaming startups hiring TaskRabbits to test their products and deliver immediate user feedback. As the founder of a tech startup, I can tell you that this type of focus group testing is paramount - and usually really pricey and difficult to coordinate.

American Businesswoman

Bobby Flay

Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well.

American Chef

Anne Lamott

I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or flowers, some annual display of gratitude that you have to grit your teeth and endure.

American Author

Virginia Postrel

Like Disneyland, luxury retailers have long had to figure out how to overcome customers' natural inertia. Unlike less pricey stores, they tend not to attract idle browsers who make impulse purchases.

American Writer

Barry Ritholtz

People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.

Eric Nam

Living in Korea was a big adjustment because a coffee is going to be a little more pricey than what it is in the States. Wages aren't as high either.

American Musician

Rabih Alameddine

I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.

Lebanese Artist

We just love shopping. I don't look at the brand; I don't look at the most pricey outfit. Even if it's a dollar, I don't care.

South Korean Musician

Hilary Farr

A rug doesn't have to be pricey but for maximum oomph it must be sizeable and not stingy.

British Designer

Shehnaaz Gill

Use 'pricey' when something seems more expensive than expected or compared to others.

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'Pricey' can be subjective; what's pricey to one person might be reasonable to another.

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'Pricey' is more casual and conversational; avoid in formal writing, like academic papers.

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 on the rooftops of warehouses or the outskirts of sprawling cities, can produce power close to where it's needed. Now, to be sure, nuclear and hydropower will be essential to energy transitions around the world. But India simply lacks the state capacity needed to build complex pricey projects at a breakneck pace,

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 really suits you yeah thanks max you're so on trend look at sophie's coat everyone but it's gorge darling amazing so if you have such lovely clothes is it pricey yeah go on tell us tell us where'd you get it it's actually vintage

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 really talking about it for a long time you could pretty much only buy imported chameleons and they were kind of pricey the importers were getting shipments from across the world hundreds of thousands over time mostly from Yemen

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 ones that pricey so where are we headed from here we're headed to natural gas natural gas will do everything we want it to do it's a hundred and thirty octane fuel its twenty five percent

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Costing a lot of money.

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